Passenger-car.



C. A. GOONS. PASSENGER GAR'. APPLIOATION r1LBD,ooT.2. .1908.

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C. A. GOON'S. PASSENGER GAR.

APPLIOATION'FILBD 00T..2, 1908.

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APPLIOATION FILED 00T.2, 1908.

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PASSENGER-CAR.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, i910,

Application led October 2, 1908. Serial No. 455,844.

To al! whom it may concern:

lle it known that Cnaunns A. Cooxs, a citizen ot the United States, residing iu llutialo, New York, have invented certainv Improvements in l7asseiigei '-Cai's, ot' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that type otl passenger ears in which the conductor collects the fare as the passenger enters the car.

The main object of my invention is to .novide means for the ready inorcss and egress ot passengers at the rear platform on either side of the conductor, who isstationed centrally in the doorway leading from the body of the car tothe platform. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide means for controlling the movement of the door and the step at the side ot the platform, so that the conductor need not leave his post to actuate the door.

A still further object is to utilize the fare box as a guard or post to divide the doorway in order to form ingress and egress passageways.

These objects attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichz# Figure i, is a sectional plan View of one end ot' a passenger car illustrating my invention showing a pneumatic operating means; Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. l; Fig. 3, is a'. detached view. illustrating the doors and the operating mechanism; Fig. 4, is a sectional plan view illustrating the lever mechanism for operating the sliding doors; and Fig. 5, is a plan view illustrating mechanism for operating folding doors.

A is the body of the ear, B is the platform, C is a partition separating the body of the car from the platform, and in this partition is a wide doorway practically the full Width ot the interior of the ear so that there is sufiieient room for the Vfree ingress and egress otthe passengers. The platform is inclosed by the usual vestibule casing B and in the present instance is permanently rlosed at one side B2, although when the car is arranged to he reversed-then a doorway may be provided at'- the side. The op-l posito side of the platform may be opened for the ingress and egress of passengers and is closed in the present instance by doors D actuated by air under pressure, lever meehanism, or any other means under the lcontrol of the conductor.

E is a step pivoted at e to brackets de pending from the underside of the oar, this step is soi'iroportioned and so arranged that when the door is closed and the step raised it will close the space under the door, but when the door is` moved clear of the opening and the step lowered it is in proper position to act as a step and for the use of passengers entering .or leaving the car. The step can be actuated in any suitable manner, so that it will be automatically raised and lowered when the door is closed or opened.

At the junction ot' the platform and the body of the car I provide a fare box F acting as a separating post and located centrally between the sides of the doorway;- A guard rail F is arranged at an angle, in the present instance, in respect to the transverse partition and extends from the fare box toward one side of the platform. The

'angle and shape of this rail may be moditied without departing from the essential features of the invention.. The guardrail 1+" and fare box se )arate the invress oas-y sagetvay of the platform from the egress passageway. I 4 At one side of the fare box is a vertical shaft G provided with a suitable'liandle g. This shaft is the controlling shaft.` which is actuated by the conductor to open and close the doors and to move the step into and out of position.

In this type of car the conductor preferably stands on the floor of the car at a point about the center of the doorway close to the fare box or post E, so that he can have supervision of the platform and can aotuate the mechanism for opening and closing the door'and to 'control and aetuate the fare boX mechanism. The passengers leaving the car will pass on one side of the conductor and the passengers entering the car will pass on the other side and as they enter the car body from the platform the conductor either receivesthe faresor sees that the proper fares are placed inthe fare box, as in this type of car it is 'not essential ttor the con- -ductor to tace toward the interior of the ear.

'By this arrangement I an considerably reduce the length of the platform and can readily alter the standard cars now in use to the type of car in which vthe lpassenger .pays the fare on entering the car.

At one side of the front platform in this type of car there is a doorway closed by a door under the control of the motorman, and preferably actuated by automatic mechanism. This doorway is solely for the egress of passengers.

In Figs. l, 2 and 3, I have shown pneumatic mechanism for operating the doors and the movable steps, in this instance there are two sliding doors D, D hung from a rail at the top and connected at the top by cord and pulley mechanism D2, so that the doors will open and close in unison. ,Z isa lever pivoted at al and having a pin adapted to a slotted bracket Z2 in the back of the door D. I is a cylinder having a piston z' connected to the lever d, so that when air is admitted to one end or the other of the cylinder the door will be opened or closed. ti is a valve chest having a valve therein connected to the vertical rod y having the handle g. Leading from this valve chest are two pipes which extend to the ends of the cylinder I and there is also an inlet pipe leading from the air compressor on the car and an outlet for the exhaust of air. The valve is so designed that air can be admitted and exhausted from the pipes so as to actuate the piston in the 'cylinder I. In order to move the step E into and out of position I attach an arm e to the pivoted shaft and provide an air cylinder E having a piston c2 which is attached to the arm, and this cylinder is also connected to the two pipes leading from the air valve, so that when the valve is actuated to close the doors the step will be raised and when the doors are opened the step will be lowered. rI`he step may be actuated from the door directly if desired.

In Fig. 4, I have shown a pair of slidingV doors actuated by lever mechanism J, J,

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so that on the movement of the shaft G the levers will be moved so as to open or close the doors. In this instance I have shown the step stationary.

In Fig. 5, I have shown folding doors D3 actuated by lever mechanism J controlled by` the handle shaft Gr situated at the center of the doorway leading into the body of the car. IThese doors may be opened and closed by actuating the lever. l

It will be understood that other forms of actuating mechanism may be used to open and close the doors and that the step may be either a movable step or a fixed step.-

vWhen the pivoted, doors are used they will extend tothe platform floor. In some instances the sliding doors may extend to the floor but where the lower portions of the doors do not extend to the platform lioor then the movable steps are so adjusted as to close the space under the doors.

l. A combination, in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the body portion from the platform and having a wide doorway therein, a fare box situated within the doorway and extending partly over the ioor of the body portion and partly over the fioor of the platform, and a diagonal guard rail extendingr from the fare box toward one side of Athe car.

2. A combination, in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, a fare box situated at the point where the platform joins the body portion and forming ingress and egress passagcways, a guard rail extending from the fare box toward the side of the platij'orxn, means for closing the said side of platform, and mechanism for operating the closing means situated in close proximity to the fare box so that the conductor need not leave his post to operate the closing means.

3. The combination in a passenger car of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the body portion from the platform and having a doorway therein, a post at the center of the doorway, a guard rail extending from the posttoward one side of the platform, two sliding doors meeting at the point where the guard rail terminates at the 'side of the car, and means near Ythe post for opening and closing said door. l 4. ihe combination'. in a passenger car of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the body portion from the platform, a post at the center of the doorway, a guard rail extending from the post toward one side of the platform, two sliding doors meeting at the point where the guard terminates at the side 'of the car, means for actuating one of said doors, and connecting means coupling the doors so that when one door is moved in one direction the other door will be moved in the opposite direction.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

Roscoe It. MrreI-mLL, L. M. KOCH. 

